October 1, 2007 - The feared and revered editor in chief of the
world's leading fashion magazine, Anna Wintour, has used her authority to
turn the title into a product line. Cond‚ Nast has added Teen Vogue, Men's
Vogue, and Vogue Living. The family of magazines generated $500 million in
advertising revenue in 2006, according to Publishers Information Bureau,
and the September 2007 issue of Vogue, at 840 pages, was the largest
consumer monthly ever. Read Story

August 10, 2008 - After Sept. 11, work dried
up for Lúgh Studio Inc., a graphic arts firm that handles several
financial clients. But Peter Byrnes, president of the Brooklyn company,
didn't have the heart to lay off employees.

July 13, 2008 - Dueling attorneys tried for six
long months to close the sale of home-fragrance business Slatkin & Co. to
a publicly traded retail conglomerate. Finally, founder Harry Slatkin flew
to Ohio. Over steak and wine, he and an executive of Limited Brands sealed
the deal, ironing out small but sticky details about terms and conditions.
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Dennis Bosco, chief executive of Chelsea Floor
Covering, found that out the hard way. His company, which lays floors in
commercial buildings, was sued in 2006 by an electrician who said he'd
slipped and gotten hurt at one of Chelsea's job sites. Read Story

May 11, 2008 - Landy Ung doesn't worry about
getting the word out about her company, 8coupons.com, because she figures
her customers will do it for her. They visit the site to download free
coupons for restaurants, shops and salons in the East Village, West
Village and the Lower East Side. And if the deals are hot enough, users
can be counted on to disseminate the news. Read
Story

Last December, the former marketing consultant with a
passion for flowers and a concern for the environment opened Gardenia
Organic, a West Village florist that sells flowers produced without toxic
pesticides or fertilizers. Read Story

Are you counting on the government, disability
insurance or your children to care for you when you are older? Those aren't
necessarily sure things. But there is another option: long-term care insurance,
a disability plan that promises to pay for nursing homes and other expenses
related to long-term care including home-health services, adult day-care centers
and assisted living facilities. Read Story (PDF)

Inside Magazine - Winter 2003Tap Into This - Tuition Plans Give Parents the Means to
Make College Costs Affordable

Nancy and Dennis Cohen have started to think
about saving for college, though their one-year old is still in diapers and
barely toddling. The Philadelphia-area couple know that by the time their son is
ready for college, they will be nearing 60 and facing both retirement and
college costs. Read Story (PDF)

Writing a will put retired Pennsylvania couple
Gloria and Len Berg in a quandary -- they wanted to make sure the youngest of
their three sons would be cared for because he suffers from chronic depression,
but they also wished to be fair to all the boys. Had they simply weighted their
will disproportionately in favor of their youngest son, there may have been
family feuding for generations. Instead, the family opened a dialogue and the
two older brothers, both successful professionals, promised to pass along their
share of the inheritance to a trust to benefit the youngest brother.
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